Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP, Maldivian Peoples Party) is a political party, of the Maldives. On June 2, 2005, the country's 50-member parliament voted unanimously to allow and operate political parties in Maldives. The DRP subsequently submitted its registration on July 21, 2005 and was registered to be the second political party registered in the Second Republic of the Maldives. The party's leader is Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, preceded by former President of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who was defeated in the October 2008 presidential elections - the first multi-party election of Maldives by Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldivian Democratic Party.DRP has the second largest number of members among all political parties in the Maldives. At the first multi-party parliamentary elections in the Maldives, on May 9, 2009, the DRP won 36% of the seats which is 28 out of the 77 seats in the parliament becoming the party to win the most number of seats. However, DRP gained the second most number of votes with 27.5% of the votes (39,399 votes) compared with the 35.3% of votes (50,562 votes) gained by the Maldivian Democratic Party.At present DRP is one of the leading parties in the Parliament, People's Majlis. The Chief Whip for the party in the Majlis is Dr. Abdulla Mausoom, the Deputy Leader of DRP Parliamentary Group, and the MP for Kelaa Constituency.. }
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- Dhivehi_Rayyithunge_Party abstract "The Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP, Maldivian Peoples Party) is a political party, of the Maldives. On June 2, 2005, the country's 50-member parliament voted unanimously to allow and operate political parties in Maldives. The DRP subsequently submitted its registration on July 21, 2005 and was registered to be the second political party registered in the Second Republic of the Maldives. The party's leader is Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, preceded by former President of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who was defeated in the October 2008 presidential elections - the first multi-party election of Maldives by Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldivian Democratic Party.DRP has the second largest number of members among all political parties in the Maldives. At the first multi-party parliamentary elections in the Maldives, on May 9, 2009, the DRP won 36% of the seats which is 28 out of the 77 seats in the parliament becoming the party to win the most number of seats. However, DRP gained the second most number of votes with 27.5% of the votes (39,399 votes) compared with the 35.3% of votes (50,562 votes) gained by the Maldivian Democratic Party.At present DRP is one of the leading parties in the Parliament, People's Majlis. The Chief Whip for the party in the Majlis is Dr. Abdulla Mausoom, the Deputy Leader of DRP Parliamentary Group, and the MP for Kelaa Constituency.".